Notebooks: Put today’s date Title: Suffixes and Prefixes: Workbook pages 1520 Write the medical term and meaning for each item found.. Number each item there are 40 of them..[r]
Medical Terminology Basic Word Structure Basic Word Structure Objectives: To divide medical terms into component parts To analyze, pronounce, and spell medical terms using common combining forms, suffixes and prefixes Test Questions Anything found in your book AND on the slide show are FAIR GAME for test questions Word Analysis Medical words are used everyday in a medical setting If you work in a medical setting If you are a patient in a hospital If you are in a doctor’s office Speaking with family members about conditions they might have Understanding You can understand a word even if you have never heard it before! Complicated words can be broken down into parts and the meaning deduced from the parts To deduce means: to arrive at a conclusion or fact by reasoning; to draw a logical conclusion The “Rs” The best way to learn this material: wRite • Colors used Write out the words/meanings here: • Prefix (blue) Color-Code if possible Repeat Do it again Review Flashcards, writing, saying, • Root (Purple) • Combining Vowel (green) • Suffix (red) • Important words etc (brown) When studying flashcards Start Pick 1-2 that are hard, 1-2 that are easy Repeat them till memorized Add with a few (3-6) a few more (2-3) unknown ones Mix with original pile, repeat till memorized Repeat adding a few at a time till they are all memorized **We will be doing flashcards daily!** Example – How to break down a word Hematology Root Combining Vowel Suffix Not shown: Prefix (Would go before root in example1) How to analyze a word Begin Suffix Next look at the BEGINNING of the word Word root (or sometimes prefix) Next at the END of the word look at the combining vowel This will help you to break the word up into its parts – “O” is the most common combining vowel Example 1(cont.) What does it mean? Hematology Root (blood) Combining Vowel Suffix (study of) Answer: The Study of Blood ...Basic Word Structure Objectives: To divide medical terms into component parts To analyze, pronounce, and spell medical terms using common combining forms, suffixes and prefixes... slide show are FAIR GAME for test questions Word Analysis Medical words are used everyday in a medical setting If you work in a medical setting If you are a patient in a hospital If you... you have never heard it before! Complicated words can be broken down into parts and the meaning deduced from the parts To deduce means: to arrive at a conclusion or fact by reasoning; to